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The Chair of Experimental Musculoskeletal Medicine at Saarland University in Germany is inviting applications for the following position commencing at the earliest opportunity.
Academic research assistant (m/f/x) Reference number W2847, salary in accordance with the German TV-L salary scale, pay grade: E13 TV- L, duration of employment: up until December 31st, 2029, volume of employment: 100 % of standard working time.
Workplace/Department: The Chair of Experimental Musculoskeletal Medicine is specialized in interdisciplinary musculoskeletal research with a focus on in-vivo measurements in humans. The main topics are musculoskeletal adaptations to spaceflight, ageing, immobilisation, and after injury and during rehabilitation. Research methods from medicine, sports science, physiology, computer science and engineering are used for this purpose. The young and dynamic team operates in an international and interdisciplinary context. There are intense collaborations with several computer science, engineering and clinical departments. As the lab is located at Saarland University Hospital in Homburg/Saar, direct access to patients is available. Website: https://www.uni-saarland.de/en/chair/ganse.html
The postdoc position is part of the EU Horizon-funded project Smart Implants for Life Enrichment (SmILE): https://horizon-smile.eu/
We are looking for a PostDoc (m/f/x) with an interest in movement and gait analysis for the advertised position. In the SmILE project, the main task will be to collect gait and movement data to study changes with ageing. We have a fully equipped movement lab with a motion capture system, an instrumented treadmill, EMG and force plates. In addition, the use of instrumented insoles will be a major focus in this project and role. The applicant is expected to have experience in data analysis and with the publication of scientific articles in international journals.
Job requirements and responsibilities:
Pay grade classification is based on the particular details of the position held and the extent to which the applicant meets the requirements of the pay grade within the TV-L salary scale. Part-time employment is generally possible. If you have obtained a foreign university degree, a proof of the equivalence of this degree with a German degree by the Zentralstelle f
Academic research assistant (m/f/x) Reference number W2847, salary in accordance with the German TV-L salary scale, pay grade: E13 TV- L, duration of employment: up until December 31st, 2029, volume of employment: 100 % of standard working time.
Workplace/Department: The Chair of Experimental Musculoskeletal Medicine is specialized in interdisciplinary musculoskeletal research with a focus on in-vivo measurements in humans. The main topics are musculoskeletal adaptations to spaceflight, ageing, immobilisation, and after injury and during rehabilitation. Research methods from medicine, sports science, physiology, computer science and engineering are used for this purpose. The young and dynamic team operates in an international and interdisciplinary context. There are intense collaborations with several computer science, engineering and clinical departments. As the lab is located at Saarland University Hospital in Homburg/Saar, direct access to patients is available. Website: https://www.uni-saarland.de/en/chair/ganse.html
The postdoc position is part of the EU Horizon-funded project Smart Implants for Life Enrichment (SmILE): https://horizon-smile.eu/
We are looking for a PostDoc (m/f/x) with an interest in movement and gait analysis for the advertised position. In the SmILE project, the main task will be to collect gait and movement data to study changes with ageing. We have a fully equipped movement lab with a motion capture system, an instrumented treadmill, EMG and force plates. In addition, the use of instrumented insoles will be a major focus in this project and role. The applicant is expected to have experience in data analysis and with the publication of scientific articles in international journals.
Job requirements and responsibilities:
- Involvement in several work packages of the SmILE project, responsible to deliver questionnaire, gait and motion data
- Conception and implementation of biomechanical and physiological measurements
- Cooperation with international and local collaboration partners
- Co-supervision of doctoral students
- Data processing and data analysis using statistical software
- Writing of scientific articles and publication in international journals
- Doctoral degree / PhD in a related field, e.g., human movement sciences
- Enjoy interdisciplinary work and have an interest in learning on new topics and techniques from different fields to be able to take a holistic view of the given problems
- Have the ability to conduct scientifc work independently in an interdisciplinary team
- Be interested in publishing research results
- Speak and write English well
- Opportunity to pursue a habilitation
- A flexible work schedule allowing you to balance work and family, among other things the possibility of teleworking
- Secure and future-oriented employment with attractive conditions
- A broad range of further education and professional development programmes (for example language courses)
- An occupational health management model with numerous attractive options, such as our university sports programme
- Supplementary pension scheme (RZVK)
- Discounted tickets on local public transport services (‘Job-Ticket‘ of the saarVV)
- Job bike leasing (JobRad)
Pay grade classification is based on the particular details of the position held and the extent to which the applicant meets the requirements of the pay grade within the TV-L salary scale. Part-time employment is generally possible. If you have obtained a foreign university degree, a proof of the equivalence of this degree with a German degree by the Zentralstelle f